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alifornia
OJAN
TUESDAY, FEB. 24, 1970
43 drop names from Western Center suit
By MERRY ELKIND
A USC associate professor of law has claimed that the fact that 43 people have requested their names dropped from the Western Center on Law and Poverty’s suit against the Los Angeles Police Department is of little importance.
Gary Bellow, also a consultant for the Western Center, stated that “well over 30 or 40 groups, and the several hundred individuals who initiated the suit, still want to proceed with the case.”
The suit charges the LAPD with subjecting Negroes to systematic harassment—acts of violence, brutality, false arrest, humiliation and intimidation.
Rule 23 of the Federal Rule Civil Procedure states that when an action is brought about on behalf of a group of people, the judge shall order its publication in newspapers to inform members of the group that the suit has been filed so that they may remove their names from the case.
The Western Center on Law and Poverty, a federally-funded, university-sponsored organization designed to provide legal assistance to those too impoverished to afford it, is not responsible for carrying out Rule 23; its enforcement is standard procedure of the federal courts.
“The importance of the case is that the Western Center is filing one suit that represents the complaints of several hundred people. Normally, there would be several hundred cases presented before the court,” Bellow said.
Edward Davis, Los Angeles chief of police, is opposed to the action taken by the Western Center. “It is disconcerting, to say the least, to find the financial force of the federal government supporting, if not totally funding, such a militant group in legal action against a local government body,” Davis has said in letters to President Nixon and Robert Finch, secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.
“It is remarkable that the suit would be opposed,” Bellow said. “To bring this suit to the courts instead of leaving it on the streets, is a tribute to judicial system.”
Bellow believes Davis is displaying a lack of faith in legal practice. “What Police Chief Davis is saying is identical to saying that the law is a fraud. He is stating that it is not proper to use a lawyer in a lawsuit, or for a citizen to have his day in court.
“The values that have held society together are being unraveled, and the authorities are less willing to accept criticism. Holding on to order is important to the police chief, but order without justice is worthless,” Bellow said.
“What the Western Center wants to accomplish by presenting this case, is to get a court order that restrains police from harassing innocent individuals. If they violate the order, they will be held in contempt of court,” Bellow said.
The main significance of the suit is that it will cause more people to stand up for their rights and that it will prove that the judicial system of this country can still be used effectively by the average citizen, he said.
Election commissioners forms due
Applications for the office of ASSC election commissioner are available in the Student Union, Room 321. Fred Minnes, ASSC president, will appoint a commissioner from the petitions, with the advice and approval of the ASSC Executive Council.
The job includes supervising of the special constitutional election, tentatively set for March 11, as well as the upcoming primary and run-off elections for ASSC student offices. Petitions for student body offices will be due on March 20.
Today, at the ASSC Executive Council meeting, the issue of the revision of the constitution will be debated. The date set for the special elections will be contingent upon passing of the revision of the constitution. The council meets in the Student Activities Center.
Senate OK's campus use plans
By MARY ANN GALANTE
Recommendations for promoting more efficient use of university property were accepted last week by the University Senate.
The recommendations were made by the University Buildings and Grounds Committee. Dr. E. Kent Springer is the committee’s chairman.
The recommendations will now be forwarded to the appropriate administrative offices for implementation.
Among suggestions is the improvement of the lighting in the parking area adjacent to Olin Hall of Engineering. Information and emergency telephone kiosks were also suggested to convenience visitors and students.
The installation of ramps into buildings was proposed to enable easier access to facilities for students in wheelchairs.
Also high on the priority list is a proposal to enforce the speed limits for automobiles on campus. The committee felt that potential health hazards would be averted and noise curtailed by the prohibition of motorcycles on campus. This measure would not affect motorcycles in parking stalls.
The committee also recommended that the main gates to the university be redesigned to make a more impreassive entrance to campus.
Expansion of the Wall of Troy on Exposition Boulevard to Vermont Avenue was rejected in favor of an extension only as far as Hoover Boulevard.
It was felt the longer extension might appear to be a barrier to the surrounding community.
Recommendations concerning campus maintenance were proposed. In order to determine what improvements were needed, the committee collectively toured the campus, suggesting that shrubbery be trimmed and that garbage cans be screened.
The committee further suggested a regular joint meeting of the Board of Trustees and the University Buildings and Grounds Committee to strengthen communication between the two groups. While the committee may propose measures, the decision of where monetary funds will come from is left to the university.
“We’re actually a broom and dust pan committee,” said Springer. “We look around, see where corrections are needed, then propose them.
“We try to give an order of priority for our proposals, but we actually have no means of making financial recommendations,” said Springer.
The approved proposals are actually the work of the 1969 committee, composed of three faculty members, two students and a business manager. The committee, which met monthly, submitted its preliminary report during the summer. The final report was completed in January, then submitted to the senate.
The 1970 comittee,. appointed last month by President Norman Topping, will submit its preliminary report in May or June. The final recommendations will be completed in January, 1971. Dr. Springer will again chair the committee.
Students may make recommendations to committee members or Dr. opringer, who is located in Olin Hall, Room 400-D.
GROUNDS IMPROVEMENTS
New on-campus tutoring project begins
Tutorial has begun a new on-campus program in response to pleas from parents and social workers in the community.
This program will bring black and Mexican-American children who are deficient in arithmetic and reading on the campus for tutoring on Saturday mornings in Founders Hall.
In the past, the tutors, who are all USC students, went into the community and met with the children at their schools, usually after school hours.
What is Tutorial to children?
Sixth grader Deidre wrote: “I am working with a tutor named Trudy Mullim. And she is very nice . . . And my last tutor named Judy taught me all the things in math that I needed to know. And she will take me home every day after tutoring .. . And I hope you become one of my best and nice tutor like the rest of tutors . . .”
Cynthia wrote: “We had a Christmas party and afterward, we had some punch and cookies and then Mike, gave me a presant. After we got presants Mike, took me to the room and we played ball. My tutor helps me very much.”
USC will fail to respond adequately to this need unless more volunteers join, tutorial officials said. The children have their parents behind them, but they need the individual attention and friendship of a tutor to make progress.
If taking the child to the museum or to a research department of USC instead of to a classroom is preferred by the tutor, such exposure to the university area is encouraged. The child can practice his reading anywhere.
Pamphlets and applications will be available at the Tutorial display at Tommy Trojan through March 6. Students
who have given their time as tutors will be there or at the YWCA (746-2056) to discuss the project. An orientation meeting for new tutors will be held within a few weeks.
Tutorial is the oldest community-aid program on campus, founded under YWCA sponsorship. There are five youth-centers and elementary schools where children and tutors meet for two hours on one afternoon a week.
Rapport with a child’s family may be helpful in arranging the weekly meeting and becoming acquainted with the child’s background and home environment.
More teachers are needed for the afternoon program already in progress. Duncan Smith, tutorial chairman, said that 250 students could be used in the program.
TUTOR AND FRIEND
Photo by Greg Ash

alifornia
OJAN
TUESDAY, FEB. 24, 1970
43 drop names from Western Center suit
By MERRY ELKIND
A USC associate professor of law has claimed that the fact that 43 people have requested their names dropped from the Western Center on Law and Poverty’s suit against the Los Angeles Police Department is of little importance.
Gary Bellow, also a consultant for the Western Center, stated that “well over 30 or 40 groups, and the several hundred individuals who initiated the suit, still want to proceed with the case.”
The suit charges the LAPD with subjecting Negroes to systematic harassment—acts of violence, brutality, false arrest, humiliation and intimidation.
Rule 23 of the Federal Rule Civil Procedure states that when an action is brought about on behalf of a group of people, the judge shall order its publication in newspapers to inform members of the group that the suit has been filed so that they may remove their names from the case.
The Western Center on Law and Poverty, a federally-funded, university-sponsored organization designed to provide legal assistance to those too impoverished to afford it, is not responsible for carrying out Rule 23; its enforcement is standard procedure of the federal courts.
“The importance of the case is that the Western Center is filing one suit that represents the complaints of several hundred people. Normally, there would be several hundred cases presented before the court,” Bellow said.
Edward Davis, Los Angeles chief of police, is opposed to the action taken by the Western Center. “It is disconcerting, to say the least, to find the financial force of the federal government supporting, if not totally funding, such a militant group in legal action against a local government body,” Davis has said in letters to President Nixon and Robert Finch, secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.
“It is remarkable that the suit would be opposed,” Bellow said. “To bring this suit to the courts instead of leaving it on the streets, is a tribute to judicial system.”
Bellow believes Davis is displaying a lack of faith in legal practice. “What Police Chief Davis is saying is identical to saying that the law is a fraud. He is stating that it is not proper to use a lawyer in a lawsuit, or for a citizen to have his day in court.
“The values that have held society together are being unraveled, and the authorities are less willing to accept criticism. Holding on to order is important to the police chief, but order without justice is worthless,” Bellow said.
“What the Western Center wants to accomplish by presenting this case, is to get a court order that restrains police from harassing innocent individuals. If they violate the order, they will be held in contempt of court,” Bellow said.
The main significance of the suit is that it will cause more people to stand up for their rights and that it will prove that the judicial system of this country can still be used effectively by the average citizen, he said.
Election commissioners forms due
Applications for the office of ASSC election commissioner are available in the Student Union, Room 321. Fred Minnes, ASSC president, will appoint a commissioner from the petitions, with the advice and approval of the ASSC Executive Council.
The job includes supervising of the special constitutional election, tentatively set for March 11, as well as the upcoming primary and run-off elections for ASSC student offices. Petitions for student body offices will be due on March 20.
Today, at the ASSC Executive Council meeting, the issue of the revision of the constitution will be debated. The date set for the special elections will be contingent upon passing of the revision of the constitution. The council meets in the Student Activities Center.
Senate OK's campus use plans
By MARY ANN GALANTE
Recommendations for promoting more efficient use of university property were accepted last week by the University Senate.
The recommendations were made by the University Buildings and Grounds Committee. Dr. E. Kent Springer is the committee’s chairman.
The recommendations will now be forwarded to the appropriate administrative offices for implementation.
Among suggestions is the improvement of the lighting in the parking area adjacent to Olin Hall of Engineering. Information and emergency telephone kiosks were also suggested to convenience visitors and students.
The installation of ramps into buildings was proposed to enable easier access to facilities for students in wheelchairs.
Also high on the priority list is a proposal to enforce the speed limits for automobiles on campus. The committee felt that potential health hazards would be averted and noise curtailed by the prohibition of motorcycles on campus. This measure would not affect motorcycles in parking stalls.
The committee also recommended that the main gates to the university be redesigned to make a more impreassive entrance to campus.
Expansion of the Wall of Troy on Exposition Boulevard to Vermont Avenue was rejected in favor of an extension only as far as Hoover Boulevard.
It was felt the longer extension might appear to be a barrier to the surrounding community.
Recommendations concerning campus maintenance were proposed. In order to determine what improvements were needed, the committee collectively toured the campus, suggesting that shrubbery be trimmed and that garbage cans be screened.
The committee further suggested a regular joint meeting of the Board of Trustees and the University Buildings and Grounds Committee to strengthen communication between the two groups. While the committee may propose measures, the decision of where monetary funds will come from is left to the university.
“We’re actually a broom and dust pan committee,” said Springer. “We look around, see where corrections are needed, then propose them.
“We try to give an order of priority for our proposals, but we actually have no means of making financial recommendations,” said Springer.
The approved proposals are actually the work of the 1969 committee, composed of three faculty members, two students and a business manager. The committee, which met monthly, submitted its preliminary report during the summer. The final report was completed in January, then submitted to the senate.
The 1970 comittee,. appointed last month by President Norman Topping, will submit its preliminary report in May or June. The final recommendations will be completed in January, 1971. Dr. Springer will again chair the committee.
Students may make recommendations to committee members or Dr. opringer, who is located in Olin Hall, Room 400-D.
GROUNDS IMPROVEMENTS
New on-campus tutoring project begins
Tutorial has begun a new on-campus program in response to pleas from parents and social workers in the community.
This program will bring black and Mexican-American children who are deficient in arithmetic and reading on the campus for tutoring on Saturday mornings in Founders Hall.
In the past, the tutors, who are all USC students, went into the community and met with the children at their schools, usually after school hours.
What is Tutorial to children?
Sixth grader Deidre wrote: “I am working with a tutor named Trudy Mullim. And she is very nice . . . And my last tutor named Judy taught me all the things in math that I needed to know. And she will take me home every day after tutoring .. . And I hope you become one of my best and nice tutor like the rest of tutors . . .”
Cynthia wrote: “We had a Christmas party and afterward, we had some punch and cookies and then Mike, gave me a presant. After we got presants Mike, took me to the room and we played ball. My tutor helps me very much.”
USC will fail to respond adequately to this need unless more volunteers join, tutorial officials said. The children have their parents behind them, but they need the individual attention and friendship of a tutor to make progress.
If taking the child to the museum or to a research department of USC instead of to a classroom is preferred by the tutor, such exposure to the university area is encouraged. The child can practice his reading anywhere.
Pamphlets and applications will be available at the Tutorial display at Tommy Trojan through March 6. Students
who have given their time as tutors will be there or at the YWCA (746-2056) to discuss the project. An orientation meeting for new tutors will be held within a few weeks.
Tutorial is the oldest community-aid program on campus, founded under YWCA sponsorship. There are five youth-centers and elementary schools where children and tutors meet for two hours on one afternoon a week.
Rapport with a child’s family may be helpful in arranging the weekly meeting and becoming acquainted with the child’s background and home environment.
More teachers are needed for the afternoon program already in progress. Duncan Smith, tutorial chairman, said that 250 students could be used in the program.
TUTOR AND FRIEND
Photo by Greg Ash